Need some help with car audio stuff....

[MD_Geist]

I am not really sure what bran I am going to put in as of yet... I am kinda looking around for good deals.

I don't really care what brand I get, just that they will be of good quality.

I was thinking MTX, or Rockfords since I have already found several good deals on them.

I have a 1996 Plymouth Neon, its a four door with a trunk.


MD

[Fierce]

[quote]Originally posted by MD_Geist:
<strong>thanks for all the help!


I do have another qestion thou...

If I am pushing 45 watts Peak per channel on my high and mids... what would be a good wattage to push for my sub.... I don;t want to drown out and of my highend or mid with too much bass....


I was thinking roughly twice as much for my subs, but I have no clue what I am talking about so I am probably wrong

MD</strong><hr></blockquote>

This is how my stereo is set-up from a pro shop:

2 12" RF DVC Subs each getting 225 watts - total 450 watts
6.5" w/ 1" Coax MB Quart for rear 60 watts each - total 120 watts
6.5" mid MB Quart lwr front doors 60 watts each - total 120 watts
1" MB Quart tweets upper front doors 30 watts each - 60 watts total

2 amps - RF Punch 360.6 for mids & highs
RF Punch 225.2 for subs

Total system power: 750 watts, and it is a very clean, balanced, awesome sounding system. Bottom line, don't worry about sending to much juice to your subs, you can play with the gains to blend in the sound. Go for clarity, not how "hard" your subs hit. It takes time and fiddlin with the settings to get it to sound good. Play and have fun!

[PitaBred]

[quote]Originally posted by MD_Geist:
<strong>another thing... what does RMS stand for when it comes to amps?</strong><hr></blockquote>

RMS stands for "Root Mean Square", which is a way of measuring power coming across a sinusoidal wave, e.g. a speaker signal. So, if an amp pulls 335W (DC) from the battery, the RMS of that would be ~.744*335 (I don't want to go into an explanation of the .744... just trust me on that one ) which means that it would have an RMS of ~250W, the amount of apparent power at the speakers (which have a modulated wave to make sound), after amplification. Hope that's enough of an explanation...